Video: 'George Harrison - This Is Love'
(Tuesday, May 10, 1988) — “This Is Love”/”Breath Away from Heaven,” the third single from the album Cloud Nine by former Beatle George Harrison, was released today in the U.S. (June 13, 1988 in the UK). Continue reading ‘This Is Love’/’Breath Away from Heaven’ single by George Harrison released 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 10 1988)
Video: 'The History of Mother's Day'
(Sunday, May 10, 1908) — Mother’s Day, a celebration honoring motherhood and family life, was observed for the first time in the United States today when Anna Jarvis held a memorial for her mother at St Andrew’s Methodist Church in Grafton, West Virginia. Continue reading First Mother’s Day observed in U.S. 110 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 10 1908)
Video: 'Vietnam: A Television History - Tet [6/11]' (May 1968 at 52:39)
(Friday, May 10, 1968, 3:00-4:45 p.m. CET; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — American and North Vietnamese delegates met in formal conference for the first time today in Paris to discuss peace talks, agreeing to open their formal preliminary talks on Monday, May 13, 1968, at the International Conference Center of the French Foreign Ministry, located in the former Hotel Majestic. Continue reading American, North Vietnamese delegates meet in Paris 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 10 1968)
Video: 'Korean War - PART 2, Prelude to war (1946-1947) 6.25' (May 10, 1948, at 8:20)
(Monday, May 10, 1948) — The National Alliance for the Rapid Realization of Korean Independence (NARRKI) led by Syngman Rhee won 55 of 200 seats today (the most of any party, although 85 were held by independents) as more than 95 per cent of South Korea’s 8 million eligible voters ignored Communist threats of violence and reprisal to vote in the country’s Constitutional Assembly elections. Continue reading NARKKI wins 55 seats in South Korean election 70 years ago today #OnThisDay #OTD (May 10 1948)
Video: 'Vertigo' trailer
(Friday, May 9, 1958) — Vertigo, a film noir psychological thriller film about a detective who falls for the mysterious woman he’s been hired to tail, premiered today at the Stage Door Theater in San Francisco, the movie’s setting. Continue reading Hitchcock’s ‘Vertigo’ premieres in San Francisco 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 9 1958)
Video: 'SYND 9 5 78 ALDO MORO'S BODY FOUND IN A CAR IN ROME'
(Tuesday, May 9, 1978, 1:30 p.m. CET) — The bullet-riddled body of former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro was abandoned by his kidnappers today in the trunk of a red Renault 4 in via Michelangelo Caetani in the historic center of Rome. Continue reading Body of former Italian PM Aldo Moro found 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 9 1978)
Video: 'Nixon in Peru - 1958 | Today In History | 8 May 17'
(Thursday, May 8, 1958) — Vice President Richard Nixon, on an eight-nation tour of South America, was spat upon, grazed on the neck by a stone, shoved and booed as he marched today in Lima, Peru, into mobs of Communist-led demonstrators demanding his ouster from the country. Continue reading Vice President Nixon Nixon stoned by rioters in Lima, Peru 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 8 1958)
Video: '5/8/1978: 'Son of Sam' Pleads Guilty'
(Monday, May 8, 1978) — David Berkowitz, the lonely postal worker who said he was driven by howling demons, pleaded guilty today in a Brooklyn courtroom to all six “Son of Sam” murders in a year-long reign of terror with his .44 caliber revolver. Continue reading ‘Son of Sam’ killer David Berkowitz pleads guilty 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 8 1978)
Video: 'CBS News: Indiana Primary Coverage, May 7, 1968'
(Tuesday, May 7, 1968, polls closed at 8:00 p.m. EDT; during the Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1968) — Senator Robert F. Kennedy won his first presidential test tonight in the Indiana primary, defeating Senator Eugene McCarthy by a margin of 42 to 27 percent. Continue reading Bobby Kennedy wins Indiana primary 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 7 1968)
(Saturday, May 7, 1988) — “Wishing Well” by Terence Trent D’Arby peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Wishing Well’ by Terence Trent D’Arby peaks at #1 in USA 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 7 1988)
